Comments on: Shocked: My First, Self-Medicating, See-Through Attempt at Solar Power http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/ Personal website of author Doug Fine Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:07:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Annika http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-584 Annika Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:08:02 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-584 And to think we were planning to ask you for advice on solar energy when the time comes. And to think we were planning to ask you for advice on solar energy when the time comes.

]]> By: OrgoCowboy http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-585 OrgoCowboy Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:02:43 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-585 No, no, it's much better now. See May 3 dispatch. My solar panels now generate, like, the annual energy output for Bhutan. When, you know, it's sunny. No, no, it’s much better now. See May 3 dispatch. My solar panels now generate, like, the annual energy output for Bhutan. When, you know, it’s sunny.

]]> By: Tom http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-628 Tom Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:15:15 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-628 Doug: What luck, finding your site! Your electrical misadventures darn near killed me...from laughter! Glad that you are still vertical. Most people know that you should put a nice blanket over those things when you are wiring them up. It keeps them warm while keeping you from getting fried. I recognized your former straw mansion in your photo. Coincidently, I had a little to say about it also: http://sustainablebuildingcodes.blogspot.com/2007/11/straw-buyer.html Meanwhile, I look forward to your book coming out. We might someday be neighbors. I need to know what I am up against! Tom Doug:

What luck, finding your site! Your electrical misadventures darn near killed me…from laughter! Glad that you are still vertical. Most people know that you should put a nice blanket over those things when you are wiring them up. It keeps them warm while keeping you from getting fried.

I recognized your former straw mansion in your photo. Coincidently, I had a little to say about it also:
http://sustainablebuildingcodes.blogspot.com/2007/11/straw-buyer.html

Meanwhile, I look forward to your book coming out. We might someday be neighbors. I need to know what I am up against!

Tom

]]> By: OrgoCowboy http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-635 OrgoCowboy Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:26:08 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-635 Is that really true about the blanket? Won't the live wires set them ablaze? Is that really true about the blanket? Won’t the live wires set them ablaze?

]]> By: Tom http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-636 Tom Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:48:21 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-636 No sun, no energy. No energy, no new hairstyles. This assumes that you are disconnected from your battery bank and there are no other sources of power in your system. This is used for installations on sunny days where there is a possibility of electrical contact...like getting grounded out on your metal roof. The same method works for solar hydronic systems. I have witnessed evacuated tubes boil dry unless covered. Sometimes they burp a large amount of scalding water before completely doing dry. That will tame that new bouffant pretty quick. No sun, no energy. No energy, no new hairstyles. This assumes that you are disconnected from your battery bank and there are no other sources of power in your system. This is used for installations on sunny days where there is a possibility of electrical contact…like getting grounded out on your metal roof.

The same method works for solar hydronic systems. I have witnessed evacuated tubes boil dry unless covered. Sometimes they burp a large amount of scalding water before completely doing dry. That will tame that new bouffant pretty quick.

]]> By: OrgoCowboy http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-638 OrgoCowboy Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:48:26 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-638 Oh, a blanket over the PANELS (or in this shocking case, panel). I thought you meant the wires. That makes sense. Now all I need is a two year time machine (maybe Calvin and Hobbes' box?) to go back and avoid the incident. Though who knows? Maybe I needed the near-death experience to make me safer in conducting future ranch activities. I've only nearly been killed by wind, billy goats and more electrocution since. And that first incident didn't affect my memory at all, as Electro Shock Therapy sometimes allegedly does. And that first incident didn't affect my memory at all, as Electro Shock Therapy sometimes allegedly does And that first incident didn't affect my memory at all, as Electro Shock Therapy sometimes allegedly does. Oh, a blanket over the PANELS (or in this shocking case, panel). I thought you meant the wires. That makes sense. Now all I need is a two year time machine (maybe Calvin and Hobbes’ box?) to go back and avoid the incident. Though who knows? Maybe I needed the near-death experience to make me safer in conducting future ranch activities. I’ve only nearly been killed by wind, billy goats and more electrocution since. And that first incident didn’t affect my memory at all, as Electro Shock Therapy sometimes allegedly does. And that first incident didn’t affect my memory at all, as Electro Shock Therapy sometimes allegedly does And that first incident didn’t affect my memory at all, as Electro Shock Therapy sometimes allegedly does.

]]> By: Tom http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-639 Tom Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:57:12 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-639 No...but it is apparent that it has made you a happier person in the end. No…but it is apparent that it has made you a happier person in the end.

]]> By: planetjeff http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-1249 planetjeff Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:36:17 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-1249 I am at once amused and horrified....so glad I've stumbled upon your site. Hope you're still alive and well. I am at once amused and horrified….so glad I’ve stumbled upon your site. Hope you’re still alive and well.

]]> By: OrgoCowboy http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-1261 OrgoCowboy Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:03:13 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-1261 Thanks! I really like it when people prefer me alive. And yes, even quite well. Thanks! I really like it when people prefer me alive. And yes, even quite well.

]]> By: Leslie http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-1551 Leslie Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:03:54 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-1551 I just finished the book and loved it. I suspect my husband is now upstairs reading it. I look forward to reading more adventures on your website! I just finished the book and loved it. I suspect my husband is now upstairs reading it. I look forward to reading more adventures on your website!

]]> By: maureen http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-2536 maureen Fri, 09 May 2008 08:11:45 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/12/09/electrified-my-first-self-medicating-see-through-attempt-at-solar-power/#comment-2536 my boyfriend and I have just purchased 20 acres in alaska and intend to build our own cabin which neither of us knows nothing about. lol We also would like to install solar panels for whatever needs we will have. We will be living in a very remote area so have no way of connecting to electric,water,phone. All the things we are used to. I am reading all I can on your site and everywhere we can find on useful information of all kinds lol I have greatly enjoyed reading your site and will continue to until we leave in august for alaska. ty for being such a great writer that can draw one into his world. Its a true gift. my boyfriend and I have just purchased 20 acres in alaska and intend to build our own cabin which neither of us knows nothing about. lol We also would like to install solar panels for whatever needs we will have. We will be living in a very remote area so have no way of connecting to electric,water,phone. All the things we are used to. I am reading all I can on your site and everywhere we can find on useful information of all kinds lol
I have greatly enjoyed reading your site and will continue to until we leave in august for alaska. ty for being such a great writer that can draw one into his world. Its a true gift.

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